I believe in singularity in relationships because you’ve got to have trust on both sides.

It’s not that I don’t believe in miracles, but I never quite trust that they’re real.

We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be ‘In cod we trust.’ It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that’s extraordinary. It’s all because of either greed or politics – Canadian politics.

You never know if you’re a writer. You can’t trust it. If you woke up and said, ‘I’m a writer,’ it would be gone. You wouldn’t see anything for miles – even the dust would be running away.

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same.

Give me your trust and confidence, knowing that what I seek is for the good of Fiji, for the good of us all.

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.

From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn’t be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once.